Jane Groenewegen
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Agreed. Thank you. Page 12-31, economic diversification and business support, operations expenditure summary, $22.961 million.
Agreed. We are on page 12-18, Industry, Tourism and Investment. Agreed?
Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Hawkins.
Thank you. Mr. Vician.
Thank you, Minister Ramsay. General comments. Mr. Dolynny.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Does committee agree?
Agreed. Thank you. We will resume with general comments on ITI after a brief break.
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Thank you. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. The Speaker has indicated what’s on our agenda for Committee of the Whole today. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Menicoche.
That is very good to know. Is there anything that we as a government could do legislation-wise? New construction I understand. What about existing homes? Is there anything we can do, from a regulation and monitoring perspective, to ensure that people have carbon monoxide detectors in their homes?
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up to my Member’s statement today, I have questions for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Back in November my colleague Mr. Dolynny made a very good statement on this very same topic. I believe that since then, the report of the unfortunate and tragic incident that took place in the Yukon has progressed further, and their government, the Yukon Government, is looking at putting in place measures to avoid this very preventable loss in the future.
I’d like to ask the Minister what our government has done to date to address the issue of carbon...